This paper was prepared for presentation at the “2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty” in Washington DC last March 23-27, 2015 by Violeta P. Corral of the National Confederation of Small Farmers and Fishers Organizations (PAKISAMA), Philippines. The Gender Evaluation Criteria (GEC) project was jointly implemented by PAKISAMA and Asian Farmers Association (AFA), support by the International Land Coalition (ILC). Under the project, land […]
How about increasing farmers/fishers’ income by 10-50% by combining nutrition and livelihood objectives through local sourcing of agri-fishery products from farmers/fishers’ organizations and institutional purchase by school and DSWD’s feeding program? The Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA), in cooperation with Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and Collectif Strategies Alimentaire ( […]
In line with the technical assistance support of MTCP2 to participating FOs on their priority concerns, the “Harvesting Experiences on Seeds in Asia and the Pacific: A Learning Exchange Forum” was organized in Quezon City, Philippines last December 5-7, 2014 by strategic partner AsiaDHRRA. Around twenty-fife (25) participants participated from South East Asia, five (5) from South Asia, and […]